The Washington Post mourns Sabah Fakhri, the guardian of classical Arab music
The American newspaper “Washington Post” mourned the able Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri, who died the day before yesterday, 2021 at the age of 88, and the newspaper singled out a large area on the front of its pages in which it addressed the importance of the late artist and his great musical career in the field of Arab traditional music and music, and described Sabah Fakhri as the singer. The prominent Syrian and Arab who contributed to the preservation of traditional Arab music, and was its guardian, and the newspaper pointed out that he was distinguished by his large and lengthy concerts that he held around the world, including the ten-hour concert in the Venezuelan capital Caracas in 1968, which entered his name in the Guinness record for the longest concert.
The newspaper quoted Syrian maestro Abdel Halim Hariri, head of the Aleppo Musicians Syndicate and director of the Sabah Fakhri Institute for Music and Singing, “The purity of his voice and his ability to show a wide range of emotions from his throat was unique and rare that distinguished him from the rest.”
The newspaper pointed out that he was always accompanied by a band that played traditional musical instruments such as the oud, the qanun, and the flute, and Sabah Fakhri was his band to move his fist according to the music.
He always appeared in his formal suit and tie, singing his very popular old songs, such as "Fouk Al Na Khalil" and "Qadak Al Mayyas."
The newspaper said that the audience often gathered in the evening in Aleppo, the birthplace of the singer, where he sings to them until dawn, and the newspaper pointed out that his songs were found in the Middle East, Europe and America, 1992, even music critic in the "New York Times" John Perls described his songs as "strongly expressive." In addition to the extraordinary interaction of his audience.”
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